Photo courtesy Ronald Reagan Library, Historic Vehicle Association. It’s got dings and dents. It’s been rolled. It’s neither the first nor the last of its breed, has no particularly special equipment...
Seldon Cooper’s former 1987 Volvo 240, now a resident of the AACA Museum. Photos courtesy AACA Museum, unless otherwise specified. In September of 2012, Maryland resident Seldon Cooper pulled into Le...
A great candidate for a rolling restoration or a driveable dream, this 1972 AMC Javelin SST for sale on Hemmings.com falls somewhere on the spectrum in between gnarly AMX and basic six-cylinder aroun...
One man’s trash, it’s said, is another man’s treasure. While none of the cars gathered for this edition of the $5,000 challenge fall into the “trash” category, each has the potential of being a treas...
Even restorations age – that car you redo today won’t remain pristine forever – but when the car’s removed from daily driver status, it tends not to age quite as fast. This 1966 AMC Rambler Classic 7...
Every old car enthusiast should have or have access to a car hauler, something stylish, something heavy duty, something able to hit highway speeds for those over-state-lines car purchases, something ...
In its day, this six-cylinder 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu four-door sedan for sale on Hemmings.com was the equivalent of a Toyota Camry: produced in huge quantities for mass consumption, generic a...
Our friends across the pond have a wonderful description of disorder, calling it “the dog’s breakfast.” While most $5,000 Challenge installments have a common theme, this one does not. There are spor...
The performance vehicle scene has sleepers – cars and trucks that belie their true capabilities with a facade of normality – and as we can see from this 1986 Ford Bronco II XLT for sale on Hemmings.c...
True, whoever buys this 1979 Isuzu 117XG sport coupe for sale on Hemmings.com is only likely to see another one here in the States in a plate glass window reflection, but it’s got more than just the ...
Photo by John Butte. At the 1939 World’s Fair, Darlene and her friends had their first opportunity to see and experience one of the newest technologies: television. Some of the six girls (Regina Fenn...
Every generation of auto enthusiast has a decade that resonates with them, for better or for worse. While the cars of the 1970s may have been crippled by emission regulations and plagued by occasiona...
With both cars in the garage, there isn’t much space to work on the T/A, unless the Buick can be pulled out, which isn’t an option when the snow flies. Photos by author. If you have read my blogs ove...
Four-doors aren’t the only cars from the Sixties that enthusiasts and collectors often overlook: Some full-sizes tend to get the short shrift too. Take, for instance, this 1969 Ford Galaxie two-door ...
First offered by Lincoln Mercury dealers in 1962, the Mercury Comet had actually been designed as the entry-level Edsel. Similar in concept to the Ford Falcon, the Mercury Comet was a bit more upscal...
Story and photos by Joe Essid. In part one, I looked at the reasons I decided to hunt down a rather mundane car from the Malaise Era, a ’74 Buick Apollo coupe that had features my first car, also a ’...
Story and photos by Joe Essid. Hemmings writers really should be more careful with the $5,000 Challenge. In my case, that regular feature of the blog led me to buy a car I’d never imagined owning aga...
While we try to adhere to the under-$5,000 rule whenever possible, sometimes it’s a bit refreshing to see what else is out there in a slightly higher price range. This batch of $5,000 Challenge candi...
XKC 011, a 1952 Jaguar C-Type. Photos by Matt Howell, courtesy Bonhams Auctions, unless otherwise noted. Jaguar’s XK 120 C, commonly referred to as the C-Type, put the racing world on notice when it ...
Perched near the top of Plymouth’s 1966 model range, just below the VIP, the Fury III was a car that owners could proudly show off to the neighbors. It stands to reason that many were preserved, thou...
For many of us, the fun part of owning an old car is working on it ourselves – troubleshooting mechanical problems and then getting our hands dirty repairing or maintaining the car. But sometimes it’...
While we’ve included a number of photos of this 1971 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Custom two-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com for reference, we really only need one to convey the car’s story and its appe...
Sometimes one really strong aspect of a car can totally redeem it when other features might not look as attractive. Take, for instance, this 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five limousine for sale on...
Driving halfway across the country in a new car makes for a great time, but to really get the adrenaline going try it in a 50-year-old truck that you’ve just bought and that hasn’t run much in the la...
The last time we saw one of these crop up was about four years ago, and this 1956 SILA Bimboracer V-12 for sale on Hemmings.com has come along at an opportune time for anybody not sure what to put un...